Chris Preimesberger

About

Chris J. Preimesberger is Editor Emeritus of eWEEK. In his 16 years and more than 5,000 articles at eWEEK, he distinguished himself in reporting and analysis of the business use of new-gen IT in a variety of sectors, including cloud computing, data center systems, storage, edge systems, security and others. In February 2017 and September 2018, Chris was named among the 250 most influential business journalists in the world (https://richtopia.com/inspirational-people/top-250-business-journalists/) by Richtopia, a UK research firm that used analytics to compile the ranking. He has won several national and regional awards for his work, including a 2011 Folio Award for a profile (https://www.eweek.com/cloud/marc-benioff-trend-seer-and-business-socialist/) of Salesforce founder/CEO Marc Benioff--the only time he has entered the competition. Previously, Chris was a founding editor of both IT Manager's Journal and DevX.com and was managing editor of Software Development magazine. He has been a stringer for the Associated Press since 1983 and resides in Silicon Valley.

Flashpoint Business Risk Intelligence: Product Overview and Insight

eWEEK is building a new IT products and services section that encompasses most of the categories that we cover on our site. In it, we will spotlight the leaders in each sector, which include enterprise software, hardware, security, on-premises-based systems and cloud services. We also will add promising new companies as they come into the […]

BMC Brings Cognitive Computing to Service Management

BMC Software, whose specialized software helps enterprises organize their tech-support functions, on June 5 launched a new service-management package that uses cognitive computing to speed tasks along. BMC Helix Cognitive Service Management integrates analytics IT, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, into traditional IT service management, thus optimizing every layer of service delivery for […]

Quick Base Adds Automated Workflows to No-Code Dev Platform

When it comes to the idea of citizen software development, sometimes described as “low-code,” a former division of Intuit, Quick Base, has been a real pioneer. The development genre has had its fits and starts over the last 20 years, but it appears to be gaining some real momentum now. At its EMPOWER 2018 conference […]

CA Chief Product Officer Talks About Company’s Role in IT Evolution

CA Technologies is one of those IT companies that makes important but under-the-covers-type software that people often take for granted. For example, when you swipe your credit card at a payment location, you’re most likely hitting a mainframe somewhere in the world with CA’s software that connects the dots for that transaction. The user sees […]

CA, IBM Join Forces for Mainframe Cloud DevOps Platform

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Until recently, CTOs and data center managers rarely put the terms “mainframe” and “cloud” into the same sentence, let alone combine them in a workload solution. Historically, there has been quite a bit of separation between those two IT genres; in many people’s minds, they represent old-school vs. new-school. This isn’t […]

Constellation Research to Release 2018 Artificial Intelligence Study

Everybody wants to know where the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning is going inside day-to-day IT, and June 5 marks a good opportunity to get some research metrics on all of this. Constellation Research will soon publish its 2018 Artificial Intelligence Study, and here today in eWEEK, you can get a sneak preview […]

HPE OneView ITAM Software: Product Overview and Insight

eWEEK is starting a new IT products and services section that encompasses most of the categories that we cover on our site. In it, we will spotlight the leaders in each sector, which include enterprise software, hardware, security, on-premises-based systems and cloud services. We also will add promising new companies as they come into the […]

BlueData Invites AI/ML Developers to Play in Its BDaaS Sandbox

Kids love to play in physical sandboxes. Developers love to “play” in virtual sandboxes. BlueData, which offers a new-gen big-data-as-a-service (BDaaS) software platform, has made available a new environment for AI and machine-learning developers to try out new ideas and have fun testing them. This is a new turnkey package that enables accelerated deployment of […]

Nine Ways for Enterprises to Prosper in the Face of GDPR

With the General Data Protection Regulation now in full effect, the way companies do business with European Union citizens has been changed big time. However, the ramifications of the regulation reach far beyond the borders of the EU’s 28 member nations. An Ovum survey has revealed that 70 percent of global IT decision-makers expect to increase spending to […]

What’s Next for Cybersecurity?

On Wednesday, June 13, at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST/7 p.m. GMT, @eWEEKNews will host its 68th monthly #eWEEKChat. The topic will be, “What’s Next for Cybersecurity?” It will be moderated by Chris Preimesberger, eWEEK’s editor of features and analysis. Some quick facts: Topic: #eWEEKchat June 13: “What’s Next for Cybersecurity?” Date/time: June 13, 11 a.m. PST/2 […]